Sony MZ-R 35

Data

General

• Manufacturer: Sony
• Model: MZ-R35
• Years of manufacture: 1998-1999
• Made in: Japan
• Color: Silver, light blue metallic
• Dimensions: 116.5 mm × 78 mm × 26 mm
• Weight:
  • Recorder only: 220 g

including battery and MD: 317 g

• Remote control: yes (cable remote control without display)
• Original price approx.: 600 DM

Connections

• Number of inputs: 3
  • Microphone (stereo - mini jack 3.5 mm, switchable to "Line In")
  • Line In (stereo - mini jack 3,5 mm, switchable to "Microphone")
  • Optical digital input (3.5 mm, via stereo Line In jack)
• Number of outputs: 2
  • Headphones (stereo mini jack 3.5 mm)

Line out (stereo mini jack 3.5 mm)

Technical Data

• Converter: 44.1 Khz
• MD compression: ATRAC 4.0
• Frequency response: 20-20,000 Hz
• Distortion factor:
• Signal-to-noise ratio: analog recording
• Dynamic range:
• Supported formats: stereo, mono (longplay).
• Hi-MD support: no
• Anti-shock: approx. 30 seconds
• Playback functions:
  • Title programming: no
• Shuffle: yes

Repeat: yes

• Recording functions:
  • Recording modes: stereo, longplay mono
• Editing functions:
  • Title name editable: yes

Delete: yes Move: yes

• • Share: yes
  • Connect: yes

Special Features

• Wired remote (not with a display, but other Sony wired remotes usable).
• Anti-Shock
• Device largely made of metal
• Vertical jog dial - the desired tracks can be selected quickly by simply turning the jog dial and snapping it into place
• Connection of a battery compartment with two AA batteries to the device. According to the operating instructions, up to 15 hours of music listening are possible.
• Recording in stereo and also mono longplay with doubled recording time for one MD possible
• Stereo microphone input (see above)
• Built-in sample rate converter for 32 kHz and 48 kHz - via the digital input jack

Remarks

• other models of the same series:
• predecessor model: Sony MZ-R 30, with which it is externally almost and in equipment and technology largely identical, but it has the firmware 1.7, - the Sony MZ-R30 1.6
• successor model: Sony MZ-R 50 (sometimes sold at the same time, external similarity of both models, but different battery and new design)
• the good LIP-12 lithium-ion battery from Sony is no longer available, production was stopped. But there are still (as of 2/2019) no-name replacement batteries available.
• Sony named its portable MD players and recorders "MD Walkman" in reference to Sony's famous cassette players